Rio Tinto and BHP will test two Caterpillar 793, and two Komatsu 930 battery electric haul trucks in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, "to accelerate the potential for its future deployment" the ...

The autonomous mining experts at SafeAI have collaborated with Japanese Obayashi Corp. to build a first-of-its-kind, self-driving battery electric haul truck, paving the way for other companies to ...

Models 725, 730, 730 EJ, and 735 Cat ADTs have next-generation automatic features and upgraded operators’ station. The articulated dump trucks have rated payload ranging from 26.5 tons to 35.3 tons.

Caterpillar's diesel truck engines were industry leaders, known for reliability, performance, and fuel efficiency. But new ...

Located in Perth, Western Australia, EPCA became famous for its “Green Machine,” a CAT 777 100-ton haul truck it converted to electric power. Now, the company says it has plans to produce 50-70 more ...

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed ioneer has struck a technology system supply agreement with major equipment manufacturer Caterpillar (Cat), solidifying the introduction of autonomous haul trucks ...

Roughly half of all U.S. and Canadian Class 8 tractors engaged in regional-haul applications could switch to battery-electric technology today with minimal or no impact on operations, productivity, or ...

Chile state-owned copper miner Codelco said on Thursday it will pilot Caterpillar’s (NYSE: CAT) new Dynamic Energy Transfer (DET) system, which supplies electricity to both diesel-electric and battery ...

VICTOR • Large trucks that haul ore and leftover deficient minerals excavated from open-pit mining at the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine soon won't have a person behind the steering wheel.

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser and continuously scans the environment in front of a vehicle. It enables an accurate and ...

Brazilian mining giant Vale has entered into a five-year global framework agreement with US-based equipment manufacturer Caterpillar to expand their collaboration and focus on productivity, innovation ...

Tucson is a key technology hub for heavy-equipment giant Caterpillar Inc., which develops new systems and products at its mining-tech center downtown and tests them at its Tucson Proving Ground near ...